Decades after dying in the Titanic disaster, DNA testing has at last positively identified the "unknown child".
Six days after the sinking he was found dead floating in the icy North Atlantic.
The Titanic was on a voyage from Southampton to New York when it collided with an iceberg on April 15th 1912. 1503 passengers and crew perished.
Early DNA tests had initially identified the boy as a Finnish boy Eino Panula, but later tests dismissed this conclusion. Details of teeth and other tissue finally confirmed his identity as that of a British child, Sidney Leslie Goodwin who was 19 months old and travelling with his family.
After Eino was first identified, the surviving Finnish relatives travelled to the grave for a high-profile ceremony.
Even though the Goodwin family has been told about the latest discovery, it is not known whether they intend to visit the cemetery.
'The Unknown Child' became a symbol of all the children who died in the disaster.
02 Aug 2007
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